Only people in close contact with chickens at risk of bird flu, says Phaahla
The Health Minister says there is no need for widespread panic over the bird flu outbreak.
Joe Phaahla's moved to alleviate fears over the spread of avian influenza, which has already driven up the price of eggs in the country.
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He says people at risk of contracting the disease are those who work in close contact with chickens.
Phaahla's reassured the nation saying that bird flu does not pose a widespread risk to the rest of the population.
"I think the risk to human in terms of the Avian flu, It’s really more of close contacts that's what the expert at NICD are telling us,” he said on Thursday.
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"Those who work with chickens and so on and are breeding them, those have a risk. But there is no risk for mass level of the population, of ordinary people who don't work with chickens."
